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وی

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See also: وي and وئ

Persian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? way
Dari reading? way
Iranian reading? vey
Tajik reading? vay

Pronoun

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Dari وی
Iranian Persian
Tajik вай

وِی (vey)

  1. (literary, formal) she, he
    Synonym: او (u)

See also

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Persian personal pronouns (Iranian Persian)
singular plural
1st person مَن (man) ما (mâ)
2nd person familiar تو (to) شُما (šomâ)
polite شُما (šomâ)
3rd person general او (u)
اون (on)*
آن‌ها (ân-hâ), آنان (ânân)
اونا (onâ)*
formal وِی (vey) ایشان (išân)
polite ایشان (išân)

* colloquial pronunciations

Persian personal pronouns (Classical and Dari)
singular plural
nominative accusative5 nominative accusative5
1st person general من (man) مرا (marā) ما ()
informal1 مه (ma) مره (mara) ماره (māra)
2nd person familiar تو (tū, tō)2 ترا (turā) شما (šumā)
formal شما (šumā)
informal1 تره (tura) شمایا (šumāyā) شمایاره (šumāyāra)
3rd person,
proximal
general او (ō)
آن (ān)
آنان (ānān)4
آن‌ها (ān‑hā)4
formal وی (way)3
ایشان (ēšān)
ایشان (ēšān)
informal normal1 او (ū) اوره (ūra) اونا (ūnā) ایناره (ūnāra)
emphatic I1 اونو (ūnū) اونوره (ūnūra) وا () واره (wāra)
emphatic II1 اونمو (ūnamū) اونموره (ūnamūra) اونموا (ūnamwā) اونمواره (ūnamwāra)
3rd person,
distal
general این (īn) اینان (īnān)
این‌ها (īn‑hā)
informal normal1 ای (ī) ایره (īra) اینا (īnā) ایناره (īnāra)
emphatic I1 اینی (īnī) اینیره (īnīra) یا () یاره (yāra)
emphatic II1 اینمی (īnamī) اینمیره (īnamīra) اینمیا (īnamyā) اینمیاره (īnamyāra)

1 Only applies to Dari.
2 Only applies to Classical Persian.
3 Not formal in Tajik.
4 The plural forms آن‌ها and آنان are typically interchangeable.
5 All accusative pronouns can be created with the nominative + را; only unique forms are included.

Etymology 2

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English vee.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading?
Dari reading?
Iranian reading? vi
Tajik reading? vi

Noun

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وی (vi)

  1. Transliteration of the name of the Latin-script letter v in English and other European languages.
Derived terms
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